From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V3 #359 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Tuesday, October 13 1998 Volume 03 : Number 359 Today's Subjects: ----------------- BLACKSBURG 10/15 [Jade2412@aol.com] Tori's NEW home VIDEO!!! [Ray ] Re: madison [The Great Gatsby ] A word of thanks :) [Frank Iuston ] Just wondering... [Giovanni Mantilla ] Any Dayton/Columbus Ohio EWF! [Susan Bell ] Dream theater/winter ["Lisa" ] tori amos in florida times-union [~*jenn*~ ] Re: stuff [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: Lowell MA show [Nadyne Mielke ] Tori on Real offenders countdown [Carrie-Ellen ] Re: About General Admission [Beth Coulter ] Re stuff ["Daisy Dead Petals" ] Re: How to get Tori's hair [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: Lowell MA show/Boston OcToriFest ["Ockle Zine" ] Re: Meet 'n' greets ["Marcus Lambert" ] Re: General Admission...... [Robert L Reynolds ] *TIME SENSITIVE* -- NorCal OcToriFest [Beth Winegarner ] New Orleans Times-Picayune interview [Richard Handal ] Breslin Center EWF's ["glytter grrl" ] Re: BLACKSBURG 10/15 [Lucia ] Fwd: Smells like Tori spirit ["Ruud van Melick" ] Toris hair [cystuhler@juno.com (Callie Y Stuhler)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 20:25:25 EDT From: Jade2412@aol.com Subject: BLACKSBURG 10/15 How early should we get there for the meet and greet!! please help I've never been to a meet and greet and really need to know. . THANKS :) Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 01:35:08 +0000 From: Ray Subject: Tori's NEW home VIDEO!!! Well... this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for, so let's hope this is out in November! =) Thanks for the info! - -Ray "Years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?" -Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 20:50:21 -0500 From: The Great Gatsby Subject: Re: madison Madison WI? From what I've heard, general admission is actual seats, not standing room only. The concert is at the Dane Co. Expo, which also gets used for hockey games and stuff... Ryan celia's dream wrote: > speaking of general admission: are there seats at the madison show or is it > standing room only? anyone know what the venue is like? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:35:45 +1000 From: Frank Iuston Subject: A word of thanks :) G'day Toriphiles :) Just a lil' note to say thanks to all the people who replied re my wanting someone to tape Y Kant Tori Read for me. Have received quite a few replies so this is just a quick one to say thanks, and that I've had some luck :) Thanks everyone :) Cheers, Frank :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:01:52 -0500 From: Giovanni Mantilla Subject: Just wondering... Hey all, I just wanted to ask to anyone who has the CD single... is the live version of Happy Phantom from the Silent All These Years UK Limited CD the same performance that's on the Little Earthquakes Home Video? I'm just curious... if you have it... please let me know! Thanks, Giovanni http://come.to/corncity ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 20:30:24 -0500 From: Susan Bell Subject: Any Dayton/Columbus Ohio EWF! Hi- I am considering flying down to Columbus (cause its cheap from Chicago) and then somehow transporting myself to Dayton for the Tori concert there (Oct. 27) I am looking for Ohio Tori people who a) might be going to the show in Dayton b) might be able to give me some info about either city (i.e. cheap places to stay -but still decent- the cheapest way to get from the airport to the arena (greyhound) etc.), and just general info. Please e-mail me if you are familiar with any of the above. Thanks. Susan ============================================================================ ==================================== oeil-de-boeuf, n.m., bull's eye; round or oval window; a waiting-room in the royal palace at Versailles. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:53:04 -0700 From: "Lisa" Subject: Dream theater/winter Hello. A while ago, someone told me about a cd they had that had Dream Theater singing Tori's song Winter. Whoever has that cd, can you please email me? thank you, Lisa lisa431@csrlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:12:54 -0400 From: ~*jenn*~ Subject: tori amos in florida times-union there was an article in jacksonville's florida times-union this past friday about tori..here's the url..sorry it's so long! (get ready to cut and paste!) http://ae.zip2.com/jacksonville/scripts/staticpage.dll?only=y&spage=AE/music/music_details.htm&id=148&ck=0&version=681991&ccity=GREATER%2bJACKSONVILLE&cstate=FL&adrVer=887237480&ver=e2.1 boy..long was an understatement!! :) torihugs and faeriekisses, ~~*jenn*~ - -- ~~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~ "we are all faeries living underneath a leaf on a lily pad" ~tori~ ~~*come dance in jenn's faerie ring*~ http://fly.to/faeriering ~~*faeries need to trade too*~ http://fly.to/faerie.trade ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:03:22 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: stuff At 03:13 PM 10/11/98 +0000, Ray wrote: > >Hey, does anyone know of a good reliable web site that sells Tori >merchandise, such as the "The Waitress" necklace? If anyone does, please >email me, thanks! =) You won't find any of the previous tour necklaces at a shop. The 1994 tour necklace that you're referring to is now considered a collector's item, and generally goes for more than $75 on eBay. One of those necklaces went for over $100 (my memory is telling me $125, but I might be wrong) at the ToriCon auction. You may be able to find one auctioned off on eBay, www.ebay.com. You're dealing with individuals there, so I can't really say they're "reliable" -- some sellers are, some aren't. They do have feedback profiles to give you an idea of what previous buyers have thought of that seller. /nad ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:06:10 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: Lowell MA show At 06:36 PM 10/11/98 -0400, Corusca812@aol.com wrote: >I am seeking info about this general admission thing, and what it means re: >the Lowell MA show at the Tsongas Arena. I know that the Durham NH show is >general admission as in show up early, fight and get good seats, however on my >tix for the Lowell show I have a row and a seat number although it says >General Admission.... what's going on?????? I had a friend suggest to me that >general admission meant that you pay one price for all tix.. so the front row >tix are 27.50 and the back row tix are also 27.50.. that may be what's up with >the Lowell show although i dunno.... so if anybody knows about this PLEASE let >me know. Thank you... :) Many ticketing agencies will give you a row/seat number for a general admission show. It makes it easier on them to keep track of how many tickets have been sold. /nad {who personally -despises- general admission shows} ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:09:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Carrie-Ellen Subject: Tori on Real offenders countdown Hi, Just wanted to say I saw something kinda funny on MTV a few minutes ago. Tori was featured in the Real Time Offenders countdown. They played the video for Spark and counted the different offences shown in the video. It kinda reminded me of Pop Up Video a little bit. While the video was shown, it also showed what the offence was and what state it was against the law. Like that it was illegal to wear transparent clothing in RI, and that it was illegal to "swim without a doctor's permission" in another state. (: . At the end of the video, it tallied up her ofences and how long she would have spent in prison if it was a real crime. But it was stupid because they charged her for kidnapping, but she was the one being kidnapped in the video....So I guess the final verdict was 10 years in orison and a $4,000 fine. I don't know when it will air again or if it will, but I thought it was humorous (: ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Carrie-Ellen Batcheller 14 McDaniel Dr. Box 2110 Durham NH 03824 http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9523 trade page: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9523/tori.html Say hi (: ICQ #: 20170937 "So I thought I'd make some plans But fire thought she'd rather be water instead..." ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:09:00 -0400 From: Beth Coulter Subject: Re: About General Admission These particular GA tickets means All Seats Are The Same Price! You cannot purchase a better seat for more money, so it's the luck of the draw. It is the difference to Reserved Seating where you pay more for the better seats. The GA for places like Red Rocks means you have to stand in line, etc., but if you have a row and seat number on your GA ticket, that's where you sit. At 05:17 PM 10/11/98 EDT, JupiterCMS@aol.com wrote: > >i had said this in an earlier post: >Ok....general admission is really kewl...if you think about it.....i have been >to about 10 concerts in my lifetime all being general admission >experiences...ranging from Bush to God Lives Underwater to Weezer to No >Doubt...ok ya get the picture,...anyways....buy the tickets & then make sure >you get to the show early......what i meant by it being kewl is that someone >couldve waited 4 ever to get their tickets & someone couldve been first in >line for their tickets & its all the luck of the draw as to who gets up front >& who doesnt....it all depends on how early you get there & when you do get >there & get a little spot up by the front...make sure you stay there...do not >leave your space...b/c you are going to lose it...oh and by the way...as you >may or may not know this general admission is standing room only..no >seats..thats how it works..i hope i helped..anymore questions ? feel free to >ask me..... >peace out~ >catherine =) > >This is what I have to say about it now: >i am sorry..i just assumed that gen. adimssion was standing room only b/c that >is my experience w/ it........i cant even imagine gen. admission w/ >seats.....man sounds total chaos 2 me...but maybe it isnt...man its bad enough >that people fight over where to stand normally...imagine those same ignorant >rude people fighting 4 seats...man...but then again i've never been to a tori >show...so maybe its a different type of crowd ? >peace out~ >catherine =) > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:12:56 -0500 From: "Daisy Dead Petals" Subject: Re stuff I think I missed this thread..what does this look like? Are they selling them on the tour now? >Hey, does anyone know of a good reliable web site that sells Tori >merchandise, such as the "The Waitress" necklace? If anyone does, please >email me, thanks! =) >-Ray > >"Years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?" > -Tori Amos > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:23:34 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: How to get Tori's hair At 09:00 AM 10/9/98 -0400, cypresj@compsys.com wrote: >Well, most of us are very familiar with Tori's haircolor formula. However, >for those of you who don't wish to bleach their hair and then recolor it [snip the rest] Remember kids, when you dye your hair, your original haircolor has a -lot- to do with what you'll come out with. If you want Tori-red [1], bleaching your hair completely blond and following that formula is the only way that's even close to guaranteed. If you want that particular shade of red, I'd get a good picture and take it into your local beauty supply place {Sally's is always good} and asking their advice. IME, the folks who work there are very good about helping you figure out what you'll need to do to get any hair color, be it Tori red or Nadyne purple. If you're not up to mixing your own hair color (it's a pain and the ass and messy to boot), go to a good salon with that same picture and get them to help out. Doing it yourself is much cheaper, but you run the risk of staining your carpet/walls/cat -- plus it's harder to color your own hair without someone to help and tell you you've missed a spot. /nad {who hasn't stained the cat... yet ;) } [1] Actually, that old formula isn't Tori-red anymore. Tori's said that she uses another process now. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:09:03 PDT From: "Ockle Zine" Subject: Re: Lowell MA show/Boston OcToriFest The Lowell, MA show is *not* complete general admission (although sarai, I DO think you have a GA ticket, because usually they have row and seat numbers on GA tickets anyway) The STANDS were reserved. Yay! Seats! (I felt it would be easier to have a seat than to be smushed, and wound up directly stage left or right - I forget which) I don't know if Lowell sold out, but there was a VERY (relatively) short line at the Tsongas Arena, and many of THOSE people wanted Korn tickets. So if you don't have tickets yet, I'm sure you could get them. And in other news...THE BOSTON OCTORIFEST WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, FROM 2-5pm. If you would like to come, email me, and I will first send you the most recent mass mailing I did, and THEN you can RSVP and I will tell you exactly where it is being held (including directions.) (it is in Cambridge, MA, but I wont tell where until you RSVP). Marla/Antigone - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's grammar lesson... ~~*~*~*~*~It's = It Is, Its = the possessive~*~*~ http://members.tripod.com/~marlantigone (random home page) http://members.tripod.com/~marlantigone/toriboot.htm (trade list) http://members.tripod.com/~marlantigone/ockle.htm (Ockle zine page) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:45:43 -0500 From: "Marcus Lambert" Subject: Re: Meet 'n' greets I went to my first Tori show in Houston last week, and got a lot of things I think many Tori fans wait a long time to get!! I got to meet her, talk to her, get an autograph, make a request, have the request played...AND have Tori smile at me when I waved during the request!! The thing to do is get there really early. I got to the pavilion around 11:45pm, and was #12 in line! The people who were #1 & #2 got there at 10am! Tori didn't arrive until 4:45pm, (which is later than usual I heard - she is usually there around 3-4pm) so I was waiting in the blistering heat for 5 hours, but hey, this is Tori I was waiting for and it was worth every minute! Time passes really quickly anyway since you have many other Toriphiles to get aquainted with. If you don't make the afternoon meet-and-greet, you could try the evening one (if she does one) but this will mean having to leave the show during the 1st encore in order to get a good place! I think it's just worth waiting in the afternoon since you also get great pics! You cannot use a flash, so at night I'm sure the pics aren't great! Well, I hope this helps and good luck!! Marcus - -----Original Message----- From: Space Dog To: precious-things@smoe.org Date: Sunday, October 11, 1998 7:15 PM Subject: Meet 'n' greets > >I've got tix to the Durham show (you know, the one that's general admission >on the floor?) and I'm just wondering how early I should get there to be >able to get a close spot. This is my third show on this tour and I STILL >have not gotten a chance to meet Tori. However, I was at Boston on the >Sneak Preview and I was standing on the other side of the street during >Meet 'n' Greets and she said she couldn't come over and she had to go in >for sound check, but she waved to us and threw kisses. I was the one >calling Tori to come over, so in my mind that's how I "got to meet her". >Anyhoo, I just happened to be there waiting in line to get in when meet and >greets happened so I didn't really have to calculate how early I should be >there to see her, but now I want to know how early I should get there to >see her this time? How many hours? The show is at 7:30 if that helps. >Thanx, > >--JOE > >************************************************************** >"You can only be you. A lot of times it's never enough for people." > > -Tori Amos >************************************************************** > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:09:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert L Reynolds Subject: Re: General Admission...... When I went to the Knoxville show, I camped for tickets, then when they changed it to GA I knew about it, got there hours and hours early, and still got 15th row 'cause everyone pushed in front of everyone else. I'm not bitter, I swear. - -Rob ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Robert Reynolds . . rreynol3@utk.edu !!!!!!! Hodges Library . [[[|]]] . Serials Department !!!!!!!!|--_--|!!!!! Happy Halloween!!! 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On the other hand, you have different fingers. http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/9346/main1.html ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ On Sun, 11 Oct 1998 Choirgrl@aol.com wrote: > >the show in knoxville was general admission and we sat, and there was like, NO >obnoxiousness... everyone was perfectly calm and stuff, and it wasn't a big >rush - i did pretty good, 8th row, considering that i didnt know it was >general admission till i GOT there.. oh well =) > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:55:54 EDT From: PokaDot420@aol.com Subject: Re: precious-things-digest V3 #358 does anybody know where i could find tori merchandice (from the tours) i want the rasberry swirl necklace, i have the dew drop necklace but i need the new one, and i was poor when i saw her in atlanta!! i would love it if someone could em me with this info :) oh yeah could someone also tell me where i can find a cd with tori's version of RING MY BELL iv been looking for that for quite some time now!! xoxoxoxoxox sara ;) buy the way im usually a silent member of this list, but i just wanted to tell you that i love this list, it has a really great vibe!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 07:55:27 +0200 From: Sven Luetkemeier Subject: Re: i *need* tori CDRs At 12:30 Uhr +0200 11.10.1998, Choirgrl@aol.com wrote: > i need tori CDRs SO freakin bad! i especially need another copy of y kant >tori > read, forgotten earthquakes or little earthquakes demos and outtakes, 1998 > kansas city, and 1998 new orleans. i'll take ANYTHING that i don't already > have on audio though, especially 1998 shows!! please if you have a cd >burner, > get in touch with me.. i have this to trade... Hi! I could offer you a copy of YKTR and a CD-R of a radio recording (complete show) of the Frankfurt / 23 June 98 show - quality excellent. I also have a radio recording of the Berlin 8 June 98 show. Are you interested? Can you send me your list? Alles Gute, Sven - -- Sven Luetkemeier mailto:sven.luetkemeier@iname.com mailto:sven.luetkemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de (alternate) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 12:59:07 -0700 From: Beth Winegarner Subject: *TIME SENSITIVE* -- NorCal OcToriFest If you live in Northern California, please read this: I live near this really nifty place, where every October they grow the corn very very high, and they cut a maze into the inside of it, and people come and do the maze. And it's right next to a pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkins. Since, as far as I know, it's been AGES since all us northern california folks got together in ome place, I thought it would be fun to have something along the lines of what other people have called OcToriFest. :) So I was thinking we could all meet at this maze, which is in Petaluma, about 45 minutes north of San Francisco (and about 90 minutes from Sacramento). The first person who solves the maze would get a prize of some kind... a special Tori something. And then when everyone's tired of the maze, we can all go to Denny's for food, since there's one about a half mile away from the maze. The date I have in mind is Sunday, October 25. I can't do Saturdays because I work. :( The time I have in mind is about 3pm. The maze costs $2. If you are interested in coming, please email me privately. I'll be setting up a list and emailing directions and whatnot when I have a good number of people saying they want to go. I don't mind if people from outside Northern California want to come... but I think that would be more dedication than is required. I WOULD, however, like to see as many of the more well-known locals as possible -- Rynn, Anthony Kosky, Steve the Sweet Fat Man, all the folks from Berkeley, Violet (I know you said you couldn't come, but I can try, can't I?). So please, RSVP to me by midnight, *Sunday, October 18* (that's the end of Sunday, not the beginning), and on the 19th I'll send out all the details. Put the word "OcToriFest" in your subject line so I can sort through them. Thanks! Beth PS Does anyone have a Tori prize they could donate? (smile) - -- "I knew what you meant about 'old souls.' I just think that the term is irrelevant now. 'Wise soul' is better, but why differentiate? Everybody's got dumb bodies. LOL." - -- Bryon Kennedy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:02:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Handal Subject: New Orleans Times-Picayune interview http://www.loveneworleans.com/sounds/news/toriamos.html Times-Picayune (New Orleans) By KEITH SPERA Music writer October 9, 1998 Tori Amos brings her "Plugged" tour to the UNO Lakefront Arena on Saturday As Tori Amos approached her wedding day last February, she drew on one woman in particular for inspiration: The late Jacqueline Onassis. "She had a kind of grace and inner strength that few people have," Amos said during a phone interview this week. "More than anything, it was her sense of grace, which I didn't think I would have as I was coming nearer to my wedding day. A part of me really wanted to do it; another part of me could see myself in flashback to my whole life having said I would never do it, because I would never go in front of church and state and do such a thing. In the end, it didn't become about that; it became about, 'this is somebody that I love.'" Writing "Jackie's Strength," which appears on the pianist and songwriter's recent "From the Choirgirl Hotel" CD, helped her make it through the day. "A part of me could see myself in this wedding dress sitting at 7-Eleven on the curb, having a Slurpee and missing the whole thing," Amos said. "Not because I wanted to, but just because I'm still frozen in a piece of film somewhere when I was 18 and that was my outlook on life. So 'Jackie's Strength' was written about the girl that went to the 7-Eleven; I went and got married. "It's a pretty sacred day, and yet it can go so horribly wrong. Mine went right, but I think because I wrote the song. I let my alter ego go exist and live and be (in the song), so she didn't have to do it in front of everybody else. That's where songs come in handy: You don't pretend that this side doesn't exist, so it doesn't have to become so vulgar, in 3-D." Throughout her career, Amos has written and sung about major, often cataclysmic events in her life. She has chronicled being raped as a young woman, most harrowingly in "Me and A Gun," from her 1991 debut Tori Amos "Little Earthquakes." Some of "Choirgirl Hotel" was a reaction to her miscarriage following the conclusion of her last tour. In "Sparks," Amos sings, "She's convinced she could hold back a glacier, but she couldn't keep Baby alive," speaking directly to the dichotomy of Amos the performer and star and Amos the human being. "As a woman, probably the most natural thing to do is to go give birth," Amos said. "That's what's ingrained in you. Then you realize that sometimes life is a bit more fragile than that, and that it isn't always so simple. There are things that I've been able to accomplish as a woman that I didn't know I would be able to, but I have. And yet the thing that is so much a part of you, just because of your physicality, was totally out of my control. There was nothing I could do to turn that (miscarriage) around." Such raw, autobiographical sentiments are in large part why her fans identify and sympathize with her so adamantly. "I think everything serves as a source for me, and everybody knows that. If you walk into my sphere, I'm probably clocking you. I don't hide that fact. To really be a songwriter, you have to be an observer. And sometimes you have to also observe yourself." In keeping with that philosophy, she is a Method actor when it comes to her album artwork. The muted, otherworldly images that decorate "From the Choirgirl Hotel" were made with a special color photocopier, one that could make full-body copies. Because synthesizers and others machines played such a large role in the making of "From the Choirgirl Hotel," "I felt like there had to be some kind of contact with the machine world visually," Amos said. "So I laid down on these photocopiers, and you can't move for seven minutes. It captures every movement you make; you basically have to have a relationship with a machine. Your lips and body are pressed up against the machine." Did she gain any insights from the experience? "Having to not move for seven minutes, and being stuck to Plexiglas, is a whole different thing than meditating. Not that I'm a big meditator, but it's a whole different thing. Your eyes are open, and the flashes are going by; you really understand that this machine is alive, and you're trying to have a conversation with it, and it's completely interrogating you." On past tours, Amos performed alone with her piano or with a lone guitarist who supplied atmospherics. For her "Plugged" tour, which stops at the UNO Lakefront Arena on Saturday, she is accompanied by a full band. The rhythmic nature of the songs on "From the Choirgirl Hotel" necessitated that.. "This record was built around rhythm," Amos said. "Knowing that this was how we built the record, I knew that the new songs were inseparable from the rhythm, from this primal feeling. And then other songs from other records started to step up and say, 'I want that, too.'" Amos still performs some older songs alone with her piano, but many others -- "Horses," "The Waitress," "Bells For Her" -- are fleshed out by the band. She is so pleased with the results that she plans for her next release to be a live album drawn from the current tour. Apparently, having other players onstage has not hindered her ability to convey very personal emotions and experiences. "They know what I'm doing," Amos said. "If we didn't get along as people, it would be hard. But they're pretty sensitive to that. And their playing is underscoring what the piece is about. They know what these songs are about." _________________________________________________________________ Originally published October 9, 1998 (c) 1998, The Times-Picayune. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:57:39 +0000 From: Ray Subject: Tori videos Hey everyone... I found this site that has a few Tori videos... Unplugged, ValuPack, and Megastore... except the guy doesn't have a track listing for the songs. Does anyone know of these videos, and if so, know what songs are on them and what a fair offering price would be? Thanks! - -Ray "Years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?" -Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 18:24:26 EDT From: "glytter grrl" Subject: Breslin Center EWF's i know i'm going, and that becky's going, but are there any other EWF that are going to the December tori show at the Breslin Center in East Lansing? I guess i'm trying to organize(compile?) a bunch of us to maybe meet up at the meet and greet...mail me! bye! ~~becka ICQ#14314488 AOL IM - SwyngBaybe ~~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~ I'm so tired, let me go to Austin.------Jill Jack And I have to get to Texas---Tori Amos ~~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~ http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/3011 ~~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~ http://members.ismi.net/monger ~~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~*:*~~ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:22:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Lucia Subject: Re: BLACKSBURG 10/15 Speaking of Blacksburg, anybody know if their are tickets left for this? Or exactly how one would go about getting them? And where exactly the Burruss (?) Auditorium is? thnx, Lacy An absolutely authentic Lacyism. :) - ----------------------------------- ophelia@virginia.edu gingerspice@virginia.edu Fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Theresa to you? If I did, maybe I wouldnt mind hanging out with the geek squad. --Heathers ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:44:49 +0100 From: "Ruud van Melick" Subject: Fwd: Smells like Tori spirit nes asked me to send this to the list: - ---------------- A friend of nes made a funny new version of Smells like teen spirit (smells like Tori spirit) It's on nes' Tori-site in the blue news section (there should be a link somewhere): Wussy how brave you are http://htsa.ie.hva.nl/~nesbr/tori - ------------- Regards, - --Ruud - ------------------------------------------------------------- What Language?... No, Dutch http://www.stack.nl/~rvm/tori.htm NP: Kristin Hersh - Panic Pure - ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:58:48 -0400 From: Ryan--DeViaTe Subject: PSU is there anyone out there going to the State college (pennstate) concert , who is willing to help me get good seats? i know people on campus get the priority seating. someone please help me!! :) Ryan ______________________________________________________ You may think ev'rything is endlessly, endlessly, endlessly painful And you may think ev'rything is endlessly, endlessly, endlessly gray But I know, when I'm with you I feel endlessly, endlessly, endlessly wonderful Right now I feel endlessly, endlessly, Right now I feel okay And tomorrow will be an alright day just like today. -Adam Duritz *Counting Crows* ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:35:03 EDT From: cystuhler@juno.com (Callie Y Stuhler) Subject: Toris hair I have naturally red hair, kind of light auburn (right now you're thinking Who Cares...) and whenever I want to turn up the red to Tori volume, I use*Clairol Natural Instincts 'Tropical Colors',* or something tropical in the name. I found it at Target (i luv Target!) and it turned my hair RED. Not copper, not auburn, not burgundy, but RED (you natural redheads who like to experiment will know what I mean!). Anyways, its really funky, and it's not permanent (just lasts 2-3 wks on my hair), so if you wanna try something out before a concert or just try something different but don't want anything drastically permanent for fear of ruining your hair, try it - I sure hope the rumour about a video collection is for real...hmmm, we know how some rumours are (Tori's pregnant again, Merman a bside, etc etc etc) Later Callie ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V3 #359 *************************************